Showbiz 5: From moronic men to a man of steel

Welcome to a newswrap of entertainment lowlights with Penelope Teeth, your drag bag with bite…

Well here we are again, with five stories of showbiz depth that wouldn’t fill a puddle.

Now there’s a fine line between free speech and just outright unneeded rudeness. This week the bastion of quality broadcasting that is GB News, the nations seemingly Tory network, took some rare action against Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton when the channel suspended the pair over comments made live on air about Ava Evans.

BBC News report that ‘Wootton, one of the channel’s most high profile presenters, said in an apology that he should have intervened.’ Well that’s certainly one way to look at it. Dan of course is best known for being an old hack at defunct, disgraced and dubious outlet The News of the World. So there’s never been much class there sweetie, there’s most likely more integrity in my fake tits.

In other Wootton news The Daily Mail has sacked him the day after he was suspended by GB News for his part in that on-air incident with Fox.

We’ve all turned the air blue at times when angry, but howler Lee Ryan has been handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence for racially abusing a cabin crew member on a British Airways flight. The forty-year-old who should know better was was found guilty in January of racially aggravated common assault. He was found to have beaten and behaved in an abusive way towards the flight crew member.

‘Having seen psychological assessments of Ryan, and heard he has high functioning autistic spectrum disorder, Judge Wood concluded he did not pose an ongoing risk to the public.’ BBC News note.

David Walliams who was caught having a bit of a vile old rant about some BGT contestants has decided to sue ITV over his vile old rant. Yes, its a case of sorry not sorry as the one-trick-pony of a performer is now taking his former employer to court because his vile old rant was leaked to the public. Will he take to the dock and do his gay-act and mince around the place claiming to be the victim of his own potty mouth that saw his time as a judge on the show axed? 

As politicians learned long ago – well apart from Gordon Brown – don’t say anything you shouldn’t when there are microphones around. And probably quit with the gay act, it wore thin with Duncan Norvelle in the 1980s.

‘The comedian is seeking significant damages from London-based Thames Television – part of international Fremantle Media – which produces the reality series for ITV1/STV, with legal paperwork suggesting that he is accusing bosses there of allowing details of his rude comments to be leaked to a newspaper.’ Reported MailOnline. Cry, my tears are running down my leg with laughter. Which is the first time David Walliams has made me laugh.

Actor Michael Gambon died this week aged 82. Channel 4 News paid tribute noting ‘To television viewers in the 1980s he was the Singing Detective. But he’s best known to many for playing Professor Dumbledore in many of the Harry Potter films.’ He passed away surrounded by his family.

This week we also said farewell to David McCallum, who shot to TV dame as a secret agent in 1960s spy drama The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and starred in ATV series Sapphire and Steel alongside Joanna Lumley in the 1970s. David died at the age of 90. ‘More recently, the Scottish-born actor was known for his long-running role as a medical examiner on hit TV show NCIS.’ BBC News said.

As always the views are mine, and mine alone, not those of ATV Today or its terribly dull staff.